Summer has Arrived!

Certainly seemed like it, anyway, as we sat sweltering in the garden, and Pimm's felt like the perfect drink to celebrate.

First produced by James Pimm in 1823, as an aid to digestion in his oyster bar in the City of London, and brought back to popularity by a 2003 advertising campaign - which explains why I'd never heard of it, and then suddenly, on one visit back to the UK, everyone was drinking it.

A lovely, relaxing day, ending with an amazing barbecue, organised by the prospective father, and now I'm off for a spell in the birthing pool...